"CARTOMANCY AND CHIROMANCY" - MADDER GALA
RVV TP004, 2010, 10 min., Side A only, Ed. of 50, $10
Available discounted at:
Academy Records Annex, Brooklyn, NY

Cartomancy and Chiromancy is an odd game of repetition and dissonance. It leads though a revelatory maze of piano, strings, horns and fragments of obscure words. In keeping with the forms of fortune telling that give this release it's title, the piece seeks to illustrate the patterns that lie underneath the narrative which unfold to determine the fate of the day.

Listen: Cartomancy and Chiromancy Excerpt
"THIS SIDE OF THE GRAVE" - T.E. COTTINGHAM
RVV TP003, 2010, 20 min., Ed. of 50, $10
Available at:
Academy Records Annex, Brooklyn, NY
The New Museum Store, NYC

Haunting male vocals barely audible. True song spills out on nervous and cold evenings. Home recordings of the poet circa 2004-2009. Lyrics printed on insert.

Listen: Blue Jays
"LE MAL VOISIN" - PERFVGIVM
RVV TP 002, 2009, 15 min., Ed. of 35, $8
SOLD OUT

Recorded as a documentation of night entering. The listener hears rain falling outside on the sea, the wind whistle in an attic, the inside of a clock tower, a dog on a chain howling, a boat rocking over crests, a neighbor rehearsing opera scales. All of these sounds are heard at the same instance a guitar makes thunder and a voice tells the story: Evil is around the corner.

Listen: Wings of the Heart
"ROOSEVELT" - ROOSEVELT
RVV TP 001, 2009, 15 min., Ed. of 30, $8
Available ONLY at:
Hospital Productions, NYC
Academy Records Annex, Brooklyn, NY

Mournful American Black Metal that writhes and weeps in darkness. Winding in tunnels with hidden fire. Drums and vocals by Tharengraf formerly of Azrael (Minnesota) with guitars by PERFVGIVM.

Listen: The King's Forest